Seagate - Barracuda 2TB Internal SATA Hard Drive for Desktops

I am very excited, I already want to assemble the components and be able to assemble my first pc

The hard drive was blank, it had no space for storage and I have already sent an email asking for a refund and have yet to receive an answer

This drive is not only quieter than Western Digital drives (as usual), but it is very fast for a HDD. This 2 TB drive is composed of just a single platter inside with 1 TB on each face. This means there's less physical area that the data is spread-out over, so seek times will be quicker than drives with multiple platters. I upgraded an older Seagate BarraCuda C: drive from years ago. Booting up Windows 10 on a Dell XPS takes just a fraction of the time it used to. The 256 MB buffer size is great for Windows/system drives that retrieve OS information regularly, making certain applications load much more quickly. With a decent desktop computer, this drive isn't all that much slower than an SSD... not to mention hard drives inherently hold data for much longer (in my experience, lightly used hard drives last far longer than flash storage, which degrades in a few years). Whether you're building a new rig or just upgrading old components, I highly recommend this drive. NOTE: 1. This drive's model number is ST2000DM008, not ...DMA08, if you want to look up the datasheet online. 2. Be sure the drive is formatted as a GPT disk (not MBR) if you plan on using this as your new C: drive (or boot drive).

I just got tired of short write life's of SSDs so I went back to a regular hard drive for my computer. With 256 megabytes of cache buffer and a 7200 RPM drive this is just about as fast as a SSD. Seagate also has advanced data writing technology's this was a great buy for the money and shipping was also very fast I highly recommend this hard drive. I did a clean install and I had no problems.

I purchased this as a secondary drive to back up files and put my Steam games on it. It works and was simple to install. Don't forget to get a SATA cable, as this does not come with any. You have to format the hard drive after install before it will work. I also bought this same exact hard drive for my brother to use for similar purposes and he has no complaints.

If you want to store online multiplayer games, I would recommend investing in an ssd instead of HDD. I am playing offline game, and I would get occasional stutter (not from GPU). One way to fix this is to get the intel optane memory, and it should be fixed. But overall this product is great!

I recommend a small instruction sheet for people who have not done this before, like how to get it formatted to Windows 10 without watching and reading help guides. It came in a box with a warranty. Not even a thank you. Works fine, I have almost completely hot rodded my old Dell to the point where there's barely anything Dell in it. There's some choices to make in how it saves data. Knowing that could make the process easier and more helpful.

My son's gaming computer was using an old 1 TB drive that was filling up. Reviews online suggested this was a good option for a gaming computer because it spins faster than a traditional drive. They were right. It makes a huge difference in the performance of his games. Some games that were unplayable run super smooth now. Not as fast as an SSD drive, of course, but good for secondary storage.